Dedication dated 1584

Each "libro" has special t.p. with ornamental border. Bks. 2, 4 dated 1618. Bks. 1, 3, 5-7 not dated. Bks. 1-2, 4, 6-7, have imprints reading: In Vicenza : Per Giacomo de' Franceschi

Bk. 6 elsewhere called "Libro estraordinario."

Includes index

libro 1. Di geometria -- libro 2. Di prospettiva -- libro 3. Delle antichità -- libro 4. De' cinque ordini -- libro 5. Tempij sacri -- libro 6. Cinquanta porte -- libro 7. Nobili edificij

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Getty c. 2 lacks the following leaves, 1st sequence: special t.p. of libro 1, 4-7, 29, 32-33, 86-87, 90-91, 106-107, 110-111, 113-120, 142-143, 167-170, 184-185, 189-190, 192-193, 195-196, blank after 200. 2nd sequence: 9, 12-13, 16

Binding, c. 1: old marbled paper, goatskin back & corners. Spine gold tooled. Page edges blue. Giovanni Muzio's bookplate by Giacomo Manzù. Faint ownership inscription on t.p. Binding, c. 2: old calfskin. Boards, spine, edges of boards gold tooled. Page edges red. Front flyleaf signed by F. Hamilton Jackson and E.K. Waterhouse

[24], [2]-219, [1], [1]-27, [1] leaves, 243, [1] p. : 25 cm. (8vo)

Each book has special t.p. with ornamental border

Text printed in italics

Signatures: a-f⁴ A-C⁸ chi⁴ D-F⁸ G⁴ ²G⁸ H-I⁸ K-P⁴ Q-S⁸ T⁴ 2I-2Q⁴ 2R-2Z⁸ 2Aa⁸ ²a-c⁸ ²d⁴ [italic]A-O⁸ [italic]P¹⁰

libro 1°. Di geometria -- libro 2°. Di prospettiva -- libro 3°. Delle antichità -- libro 4°. Delle maniere de' cinque ordini -- libro 5°. Delli tempi -- libro 6° [i.e. estraordinario]. Cinquanta porte -- libro 7°. Nobili edificij

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